Mountains

Fire breaks out at Nepal hotel along route to Everest base camp

Onlookers watch as a fire guts Hotel Good Luck, which lies along a route leading to the Mount Everest base camp.

German climber dies on Nepal’s Ama Dablam mountain

Ama Dablam is a popular mountain among climbers in Solukhumbu district, home to the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest.

Suspect detained after fire wrecks Hitler’s mountain retreat

A police photo shows Adolf Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” mountain retreat after a fire that tore through the building on Oct 23 and 24 was finally extinguished.

Rescuers retrieve bodies of 2 Japanese climbers killed on Himalayan peak

Sporting Life

Tenzing: A fond, overdue film in praise of an Everest legend

Tenzing, the movie, movingly captures the life of Tenzing Norgay and the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Volcanic crater lake in eastern Japan draws crowds on reopening after 8-year closure

The emerald-green Yugama crater lake on Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, which straddles Gunma and Nagano prefectures.

Libya's military seizes narcotics after firefight with smugglers

Members of the security forces stand next to a vehicle and seized narcotic pills after a security operation conducted by the Subul Al-Salam Infantry Brigade in a location given as Kufra, Libya, according to the military, in this photo released October 9, 2026. Libyan National Army/Handout via REUTERS

Avalanche kills 15 workers in Nepal preparing Himalayas mountain camp for climbers

Rescue workers searching for survivors in Nepal on Sept 27, after an avalanche buried the base camp of the Himlung Himal mountain.

Two dead, 14 missing after avalanche on Nepal’s Himlung peak

The two deceased were both guides, while the 14 missing were kitchen staff working at the expedition camp.

Ten missing on Nepal’s Himlung peak after avalanche

The 7,126m tall Himlung peak, located near the border with Tibet, had several days of heavy snowfall ahead of the avalanche.

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